Hello everyone, It’s been a long time coming but we have finally got round to updating our website. Our…
We invited Matthew Uden, director of W. Uden & Sons, (one of) South London’s largest funeral company (ies) to share…
The death of a loved one can be an emotionally devastating and difficult event, and it is important to make…
Hello Everyone. As we all step firmly into 2020, we wanted to start off our blogs with some brief updates….
“Death is one moment, and life is so many of them” Tenessee Williams My first encounter with Udens was on…
Miss me but let me go by Christina Rossetti When I come to the end of the road And the…
Afterglow by Helen Lowrie Marshall I’d like the memory of me to be a happy one. I’d like to leave…
We know that the repatriation of a loved one can be very overwhelming and sometimes a confusing process for families,…
Talking about funerals is sometimes seen as a taboo subject, although often in jest you hear someone say “oh they’ll…
There are varying theories as to where All Hallows Eve or Halloween is derived, but the majority seem to favour the Christian traditional celebration of
We asked Matthew Uden, director of W. Uden & Sons to discuss with us some of the high profile funerals his company has been involved
One of the most common questions that we hear as funeral directors is, “What happens to thecoffin after the Cremation?” Or more bluntly, “Do you
Delivering a eulogy is a profound and heartfelt way to pay tribute to a loved one that has passed away. It is often an opportunity
I’m very guilty of believing that if something happened to me then I would react in a very certain way…. That is until the
As funeral directors we all provided a similar end product to our clients. So why is it that some companies, particularly the well established independent
